Sink.



E. R. GOODE.

SINK. APPLICATION FILED FER-19, 1908.

Patented July 13, 1909.

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MASSACHUSETTS.

SINK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

.Patented July 13, 1909.

Application filed February 19, 1908. Serial No. 416,865.

To all whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, ELIZABETH R. Goons, a citizen of the United Statearesiding at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sinks, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sinks and particularly to improvements in combination sinks and wash tubs, and the object is to provide a sink which shall be adapted to be placed and used in a set tub and which may be removed therefrom and folded so as to occupy a small amount of space when stowed away, and the object is further to provide a sink of the character described which shall be adjustable to various sizes of wash tubs.

The invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and particularly ointed out in the appended claim.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan of a sink embodying my invention, the same being shown located in an ordinary set tub. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation taken on line 22 of' Fig. 1, looking toward the left. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional elevation taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1 showing the U- shaped members of the support swung into alinement with eachother parallel with the plane of the section and ready to be folded up against the bottom of the sink. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional elevation taken on line 22 of Fig. 1 illustrating the support folded up against the bottom of the sink. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the support.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

In the drawings, 10 is a pair of set tubs of usual and well known construction having two compartments 11 and 12 therein, the compartment 12 being shown covered by a grooved board 13 constituting a drainer. Leading from the compartment 11 is the usual outlet or drain pipe 1.4. fiLocated in the compartment 11 is a sink 15 and its support 16 embodying my invention. The sink 15 may be provided with aflange 17 extending therearound and adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the walls, of the compartment 11. By providing the support 16 interposed between the under side of the bottom of the sink 15 and the upper side of the bottom of the tub 10, it is possible to such as tin make said sink of very thin light material zinc or the like. Such a sink if it were supported only by the flange 17 would sag if subjected to a great weight of dishes and kettles andwould in time break. The support .16, however, supports the sink 15 at a plurality of points so that its weight is well distributed. This is of'great practical importance for the reason that it is desirable that the sink shall be light so as to be easily handled when removed and replaced.

The sink 15 is preferably providedwith a depressed portion 18 having an orifice 19 therein constituting an outlet for the water, there being the usual strainer 20 located above said orifice. A pipe 21 which is formed separately from the sink 15 is adapted to be inserted in the drain pipe 14 at its lower end and is preferably connected at its upper end to the support .16 by two flexible connections 22 whic may consist of chains.

The support 16 comprises in its construction two U-shaped members 23 and 23. The member 23 consists of a base 24 and two legs 25, 25, while the member 23 consists of a base 24 and two legs 25,-25. Secured to the legs 25, 25 are feet 26, 26 which maybe L-sha ed in form and provided, respectively, with s ots 27, 27 throu h which extend bolts 28, 28 also extending t rough corresponding slots 29, 29 formed in the legs 25, 25, respectively, said bolts serving to securely clamp the feet 26 to the res ective legs 25 in such a manner that said Feet ma be adjusted vertically so as to vary the eng'th' of the legs.

In like manner feet 26, 26 are secured to the legs 25, 25, respectively, by means of bolts 28 mg to the slots 27 and 29, respectively.

A hinge 3Q, comprising an upper plate 31 and a lower plate 32 pivotally connected at 33 to each other is interposed between thesupport 16 and the bottom of the sink 15, sald upper plate 3-1 being securerlg to said sink in any suitable manner as by soldering the same thereto; It-will be noted that the pivotal pin 33 of the hinge 30 extends in a direction parallel to the front side34 of the sink 15. A pivotal pin 35 is provided with a head 36 located between the upper" late 31 and lower plate 32, of the hinge30, t e body portion of said pin extending downwardly through a hole rovided in said lower plate and through ho ejs provided in the bases 24 and 24. urroundmg the pivotal pin 35 be 28 extending through slots ..correspondthat when they occupy the relative positions shown in Figs. 1 and 2 each touches the bottom of the sink in two points, When the member 23 is swung around into alinement with the member 23, as shown in Fi 3 and as indicated indot and dash linesin Fig. 1, the ends ofthe base 24 yield downwardly and pass beneath the base 24, as shown in Fig. 3. Subse uent to the removal of the sink 15 from t e compartment 11, the members 23 and 23 are swung into the position just described and as shown in Fig. 3 and said members are then rocked on the pivot 33, of the hinge into the position illustrated in Fig. 4. The pipe 21 which has been previously withdrawn from the pipe 14 is then laid against the bottom of the sink 15 remaining connected thereto by the chains 22 and the sink and it's attached parts can then be stowed away in a convenient space.

It will be seen that by reason of the fact that the le s' of the sup ort 16 are adjustable in length t e sink is a apted to be adjusted to fit wash tubs of various sizes.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

In combination, a sink and a folding support therefor said support comprising two U-shaped members each consisting of a base and two legs, said bases being pivotally connected to and normally extending transversely of each other, said bases being of uneflual length, whereby one pair of legs is a apted to swing between the other pair of said le s, each of said bases being adapted to norma ly contact with said sink at two points, one of said bases being resilient, whereby the 'same is adapted to yield and pass beneath the other.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELIZABETH. R. GOODE.

Witnesses:

LoUIs A. JoNEs, OHARLEs S. GoomNc. 

